CA: The Purple State Dream (Duf Sundheim hope for 'a melding of red and blue')

New West Notes ^ | 6/18/06 | Bill Bradley

[Carry_Okie]

Anything to rid themselves of conservatives. Those pesky "small government," "no eminent domain" types really get in the way of doing deals.

[NormsRevenge]

..in Schwarzenegger, Sundheim has, as he puts it, his purple “prototype.”

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Uh, time to take this one back to the lab, Duf.

[dalereed]

"time to take this one back to the lab, Duf."

Time to put Sundheim, Arnold, and Parsky out for trash collection!

[Digger]

See the melting is, of course, moving directly to the left. After all, KaLEforNIa is so left a good conservative can't win.

[dalereed]

Bush is doing everything he can to make sure that a conservative doesn't win!

[FairOpinion]

"Time to put Sundheim, Arnold, and Parsky out for trash collection!"

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I guess you are really yearning for 8 years of Angelides.

[FairOpinion]

dalereed: "Stalin himself would be better than your European liberal jerk Arnie."

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Thank you for putting yourself on record that you prefer a communist dictator to a Republican.

Of course, you have the right to that, but this is the antithesis of conservatism. Thank you for confirming that you are NO conservative, in fact a communist. Not even a run-of-a-mill Democrat would prefer Stalin to anyone.

[calcowgirl]

It is not surprising that they love Poizner so much. He's a closet Dem, hitched to the Venture Capitalists (Doerr, Khosla, et al. who use California taxpayers as their own source of wealth and folly.) In 2004, the guy was endorsed by Richard Clarke (his ex boss) and refused to say whether he was supporting Kerry or Bush. Dufus and Arnold may be pleased while others see he's nothing more than a democrat who certainly doesn't believe in the Republican platform..

www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?st=CA&last=poizner

Poizner, Stephen     Gore, Al (D)                        Gore 2000 Inc                  $1,000.00   02/22/00
Poizner, Stephen L   Democratic National Committee (D)                                 $10,000.00   10/02/00
Poizner, Steve       Kerry, John F (D)                   Kerry Committee                $1,000.00   02/15/01
Poizner, Steve       Kerry, John F (D)                   Kerry Committee                $1,000.00   02/15/01
Poizner, Steve Mr.   Bush, George W (R)                  Bush-Cheney '04 (Primary) Inc  $2,000.00   06/30/03
Poizner, Steve       Kobach, Kris (R)                    Kobach For Congress            $2,000.00   07/31/03
Poizner, Steve Mr.   The Wish List                                                      $1,000.00   04/08/04
Poizner, Steve       California Republican Party/Victory 2006 (R)                       $9,952.00   06/07/05
Poizner, Steve       Santa Clara County Republican Party(Fed) (R)                       $1,000.00   02/03/06

[calcowgirl]

Can anybody describe what the Platform of this "Purple Party" would actually say?

Other than "We stand for nothing", "No principle is worth fighting for", "We will surrender, if the price is right", and a few others of similar vein, I cannot fathom what a Purple Party might champion as their cause.

[calcowgirl]

Time to put Sundheim, Arnold, and Parsky out for trash collection!

They've done more to destroy the party than anyone in my lifetime.
Leaving them for the trash collector is too kind.

[SierraWasp]

"We will surrender, if the price is right"

That's IT!!! I can just hear 'em now yellin "COME ON DOWN!"

I suppose purple is supposed to be a color that signifies "Compassionate Conservatism," right? Include me OUT!!! I'll take bright RED "Considerate Conservatism" every time, thank you very much!!! (I used to prefer "true blue" conservatism till the MSM got the whole deal all CONvoluted in the 2000 election map)

You know, it's bad enough when the leftists and MSM start stealing the significant stuff, but when your own Party starts doing it after driving you out in disgust... This is all getting pretty ridiculous!!!

Make it STOP!!! CalCowGirl... Make it STOP!!! (or maybe I should act like Dubya and say "bring it on!")(jerking my chicken neck while chorteling)(snort!)

[fieldmarshaldj]

"I cannot fathom what a Purple Party might champion as their cause."

How 'bout abortion and teacher unions ? These guys merely champion Democrat causes and positions, maintaining they can manage them "better." Nothing Conservative whatsoever about these cretins.

[calcowgirl]

[NormsRevenge]

Duf 'Barney' Sundheim

Nice green belly, btw.. coincidence? ;-)

[Munson]

I dont like the idea of a Parsky/Poinzer/Schwartzenegger purple party. My idea of a purple party is hard core fiscal conservatism, individual freedom with a libertine sensiblity. Problem is the purple PPS republican squad do neither.

[calcowgirl]

Nice green belly, btw.. coincidence? ;-)

ROFL! I think you're on to something!

I've been thinking about this Purple Platform thingie. Here's a few:

• We're not for Big Government or Smaller Government; we're for whatever Government fills our elitist needs at the time.
• Sometimes we defend property rights; sometimes we don't.
• We are pro-life and pro-choice (please don't press for an explanation)
• We're not for war or for peace, although we think War and Peace is a pretty impressive looking book to put in our library (on the bookcase next to the portrait of Rockefeller and FDR).

[calcowgirl]

My idea of a purple party is hard core fiscal conservatism, individual freedom with a libertine sensiblity. Problem is the purple PPS republican squad do neither.

Agreed. I haven't seen any party representing any level of fiscal conservatism.

[Lancey Howard]

Buh-bye, California.